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NC-1
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NC-1 is a Canadian-selected pawpaw (Ontario) valued for large fruit, early ripening relative to some southern types, and adaptation thinking for northern edge culture. Flesh is yellow, sweet, and productive in good sites with adequate heat. It expanded named options for growers pushing geographic limits. Useful in cooler pawpaw zones and for earlier local seasons. Still needs summer heat to finish quality. Process soft fruit fast; northern seasons can end abruptly.
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History
NC-1 was selected in Ontario programmes for improved northern pawpaw fruit.
Canadian and northern US growers planted NC-1 for size and earlier crop.
Nurseries listed NC-1 for cold-edge Asimina trials.
NC-1 stayed a reference northern-adapted named pawpaw.